Author: leona allen
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#039: 52 mondays

i want the hot water bottle without the mottled marks the hope of mondays, without it’s decent into dark how many times will we clothe Potential in bubblegum bubblewrap like the feel of the pop pop pop like the smell of something that never rots, goes off like the idea of a love, no stop
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#038: don’t move
don’t . build me a greenhouse to possess the verbs’ verdure these words were made to . move
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#037: 60 seconds to describe a life
You gave me seconds to define how one moves through air, salt, fire and lakes . without ash dripping sodium spitting -heart still living and learning
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#036: with care
what words will leave my mouth what sounds will slip from my tongue nouns and adjectives, sentences spun strung together let it not be a noose but the jailer’s key let these audibles greet ears in peace
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#035: small victories in london city, 2017
a grey plastic bag beat me to the bus stop but forgot their oyster